Okay folks,

After I was done drooling over my new toy, I took it out for some test footage. I shot footage in the following six available formats:

1080/60i, 1080/30p, 1080/24p, 720/60p, 720/30p and 720/24p

Oh, and in case you're wondering, the footage looks insane (especially on my 42inch plasma) and the low-light performance is unbelievable. Anyways, I loaded it up on my PC and attempted to import the footage into Liquid 7.2. No dice folks, it crashed during every import attempt of each different format. My Liquid station is very stable and this is the first time it has crashed. I know Sony has released a software update for a few of the NLE's, but Liquid was not on that list (as usual).

 Liquid did recognize the files in their location, but failed to import. I'm open to ideas or suggestions as far as settings that may be used to try and import the footage. As of this writing, I've had no luck...

Did you use the software that came with EX1?

It's a software for browsing the files. 

What is the file format and any chance of posting a sample file somewhere (1080p24 and/or 720p24?) so that we can download and attempt to transcode it (or figure out some way to get it into Liquid)?

Thanks

You cannot directly import from the camera. You must convert the video first. Jason Bock posted this on the Liquid beta board:

Hi everyone,

Great news!, I've just downloaded the 'release' version of the Sony XDCAM EX Clip Browsing Software V1.1 :
http://www.sonybiz.net/biz/view/ShowContent.action?site=biz_en_GB&contentId=1193315622075

I'm happy to say that the MXF files that are generated from this program now import correctly into Liquid and playback fine. This is in both SP mode (1440 x 1080 HDV) and HQ mode (1920 x 1080 & 1280 x 720). All standard framerates appear to work. I don't have any 'off speed' files as yet to try, but regardless it's very encouraging.

So there's life in the 'ol girl yet :-)

Cheers,

Jason Bock
Avid Australia

I have heard that Sony is using Liquid to test this camera.

LewS:

I have heard that Sony is using Liquid to test this camera.

Boing. 

sverkalo:

Did you use the software that came with EX1?

It's a software for browsing the files. 

I did install the software that came with the camera, but now I'll try it with the update that Lew posted. I'll post in a little bit (I gotta drive back home now).

Anyone got any comments on how long the conversion process takes ?

Westa

Here's some frame grabs from my first wedding shoot with the XDCAM EX. This camera is a beast!

 www.xdcamex.blogspot.com

Ray - those images are absolutely beautiful. I won't give the camera full credit, but it's obvious the EX1 is fantastic in low light!

Thanks

http://www.xdcamex.blogspot.com

Did a little more experimenting with clips imported into Liquid. Rendering takes a little time when you drop it on even a hi-def timeline. And there's additional processing necessary to drop it into an NTSC SD timeline. I can see speed and workflow implications all over the place but it does work and doesn't seem to cause trouble. I have the Sony software open at the same time as Liquid without any issues.

How do others work? Looks to me like the best way is to complete a project on the High-definition timeline and then copy that to an NTSC SD timeline when finished to render only the stuff that will be in the finished show. Any thoughts? 

You say that it has to render even on an HD timeline? That doesn't sound right. What are you clip properties and what are your timeline properties?

Thanks